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JQHN MLLER, 0F PHILDELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Pa'tcntNo. 97 ,545, dated' December 7, 1869.

IMPROVED FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, J ons MLLER, ot' the city and countyfof Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Method for Constructing Bcdsteads, and such like furniture; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a longitudinal side view of a crib, showing the improved method of my construction.

Figure 2 is a front view thereof, showing the sidepieces hanging down.

Figure 3 is a top view of the cradle.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal side view of an ordinary bedstead, demonstrating my improvement.

Figure 5,.is a front view of the head-"piece thereof.

This invention has for its object, to establish a simple, durable, cheap, and convenient method for connecting the several parts, constituting a bedstead, in such a manner as to enable the manufacturer of such furniture to entirely dispense with any contrivance,

. now in general use, which has to be securedto parts of a bedstead, to facilitate the uniting of said parts.

It has also for its object, to establish a most convenient` method fo'r easily taking apart, moving from j one place to anotheruniting, in a very short time, and without much trouble, bedsteads, in-'which operations, hitherto, much inconvenience has been experienced by house and hotel-keepers.

To accomplish its object, the invention consists in a novel construction of the several parts, constituting a bedstead or crib, hereinafter more fully described.

'lo enable others not skilled in the art to whichmy invention appertains, to fully understand and construct the same, I shall proceed in describing the same, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts in the several figures.

Figs. 1, 2, and 3, show the principle of my invention, as applied to a crib, and figs. 4 and 5, a modiication of the same, asapplied to a bedstead.

The parts marked A B C represent, respectively, the hcad,foot, and side-pieces of a crib cr bedstead, which may be of any desirable form.

At the lower portion of the head and foot-pieces A B, at' each side thereof, on an even line witheach other, are formed recesses a a, their vertical line being somewhat larger than their horizontal, for a purpose hereinafter referred to. 4

The recesses' are plainly shown in figs. l and 2.

At the top of the head and foot-pieces', on each side thereof, and in vertical line with the recesses a c, are formed bearings l b.,

lhe pieces C, as shown in the drawings, consist 0f an upper and lower side-picce, c c, connected together by rounds.

The ends of the upper piece c are formed int-o journals o2, of a somewhat less diameter than tle bearings b b, in which they are suspended. A

The ends of the lower part cl are also formed into journals c3 c3," which rest in the oblong recesses a a.

To the head and foot-pieces A B are suitably sccured the supports D D, provided with two or more upwardly-projecting pins, d d, and having, in the centre, a female-screw-tln'eaded aperture.

The bottom of the bedstead, as shown in the drawings, consists of two horizontal bars or pieces of wood,

connected by slats,.in any well-known manner.

These end-pieces or bars have three holes, through the'outer ones, the pins el el of the supports D-D-penetrate, and thus prevent any lateral motion of the bottom, and at the same time holding it securely in its proper place.

A still stronger connection @between the bottom and these supports is established by inserting a woodscrew, F, into the female-screw-threaded apertures of the supports and end-pieces of thc botom, as shownin tiff. l.

oFrom the above description, it will readily be seen that the parts of a bedstead, constructed after my improvement, may be united, without the use of any separate fastening, and without the use of metal, thus helping considerably'in' the reduction of the price of the article.

It is a well-known fact, that the sides of bcdsteads j.

are not so high as those used in cribs,.and, therefore';Y

- it becomes necessary to form bearings for the ends orjournals c2 at a lower point in the head and foot-pieces. I have shown, in iig. 5, an oblong slot, terminating in a semicircle, by which arrangement I establish a ready means for allowing the journals c2 to be raised,

and, consequently, the side-piece.

`To unite the several parts, all that is necessary is to place the head and foot-pieces in their desired position; then insert the journals ci into their recesses; v

after which, the journals c2 are readily brought into their bearings, by elevating or swinging the side-piece upward, as fullyshown in dotted lines in fig. 2. The bottom is now to be inserted, which A'is easily done by letting the same-slide downward, between the head, foot, and side-pieces, on to the supports D D. The pins d d thereof penetrate the holes of the bottom eudpieces, thereby preventing any lateral movement; and iinally the wood-screw is employed to more securely unite the above parts. i

It is obvious, that by the construction of a bedstead as lherein demonstrated, many troublesome difficulties now experienced are entirely obviatcd, such as experienced in uniting the several parts of a bcdstead, in taking Athe same apart, and uniting them again, after having been removed from one place to another.

A,In my bedstead, no trouble whatever is experienced in disuniting the several part-s, provision having been made to permit the elevating of the side-pieces, whereby the journals cl c2 are easily brought downward, as shown in iig. 2, and the side-pieces are now ready to be withdrawn. The screw uniting the bottom and head and foot-pieces is unscrewegl, the bottom can be raken ofi', and the bedstead can nowbe remoyed, piece by piece, to another place.

Having thus described my invention,

What I- claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-, tersv latcnt, is-

1. Forming bearings b b and recesses a a in the A head and foot-piece of a bedstead or c1ib,to receive the ends or journals c2 c3 of the side-pieces 'C C, as shown and described. v

2. The supports D D, provided with pins d d, in combination with the bottom E and screwsvF F, constructed and arranged, as herein described, for the purpose specified.4

3. The means, herein described, for uniting the sev eral parts of a bcdstead or crib, as described.

JOHN MLLER.

Witnesses: J Aeon F. HENRY, VICTOR HAGMANN. 

